The Catalog

"Landmarks link us to our past—and they inspire us to do good work that will last well into the future."

—Richard Margolis in Rochester Landmarks

8 WPA Murals

Carl Peters

Charlotte High School, 4115 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY

WPA murals in the school auditorium

9/11 Tribute

Richard Kron

In front of the Fire Department, Main Street
Rochester, NY

Monument to the firemen lost in the attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001

ADZ/Pick

Brad Spencer

Canal View Office Park, Canal View Boulevard
Rochester, NY

A stone a pick suspended in a frame structure

Airborne Stabile

Susan Ferrari Rowley

Rochester International Airport
Rochester, NY

A kite-like hanging fabric sculpture

Historic stone arch bridge spanning the Genesee River, designed by city engineer J. Y. McClintock and constructed in 1893. Added to the National Registry of Historic Places on October 11, 1984. (from Wikipedia)

Animal Totem

John Dempsey

Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
Rochester, NY

the chain saw sculpture was based on student's pictures of animals done in Cathy Feinen's art classes. The project was funded with a grant from The Community Foundation. The artist set up a donated log on school grounds and engaged with the students over several days while he carved. The finished sculpture was installed near the playground and a couple of years later moved inside. It is now…

Another Little Adventure

Nancy Gong

Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY

2 leaded glass windows

ArtisanWorks

565 Blossom Road
Rochester, NY 14610

ARTStop

Ed Stringham

In front of Memorial Art Gallery on University Avenue
Rochester, NY

One of three ARTWalk bus shelters

ARTWalk Cat

Vincent Massaro

Corner of Merriman and University Avenue
Rochester, NY

A concrete cat on a base, with a time capsule sealed inside

Austin Steward Bust

Calvin Hubbard

2nd Floor - Clarion Hotel Riverside, 120 Main Street East
Rochester, NY

Bronze bust

Balance

Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez

Flatiron Building, 706 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Soaring steel sculpture with elements balanced at the top

Bette Midler Bench

Paul Knoblauch

Gibbs Street at University Avenue, in the Grove Place
Rochester, NY

Forged steel bench with a wave-like pattern back and teak slat seat

Big Head

Sean Calyer

Courtyard, Village Gate, 274 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY

Welded steel head

Big Picture Rochester

Kenichiro Sato

Former Sibley's Department Store Windows, Main Street, and other locations dowtown Rochester
Rochester, NY

A giant photo-mural

Birdman

Corporate Woods Office Park
Rochester, NY

Cast Bronze

Bragdon Windows

Claude Bragdon

Universalist Church, 150 Clinton Avenue, South
Rochester, NY

Stained glass windows

Bridge Flower

Mark & Diane Weisbeck

Ames, Child and Saxton Street bridges over Rte 490
Rochester, NY

4 lighted sculptures on each of three bridges

Brown's Race Historic District

Rochester, NY

National historic district located in Rochester, with a collection of 19th-century industrial buildings built of brick and stone, the mill race, and the Pont De Rennes bridge, located along the Genesee River gorge at the rim of the High Falls. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. (from Wikipedia)

Browns Race Historic District

Bus Transfer by the Dixie Wig

Ruth Manning

Rochester International Airport (Storage), 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester, NY

Handwoven tapestry

Cab Calloway Monument

Otto Henderberg Square, on Sycamore Street, Swillburg Neighborhood
Rochester, NY

Monument to one of Rochester's own

Cascade Drive Bench

Paul Knoblauch

On Cascade Drive, opposite Bemis Alley
Rochester, NY

An artist's bench that mimics the now renovated industrial buildings in the Cascade District

Cat and Bird

Vincent Massaro

Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
Rochester, NY

A bird and cat modeled after student sculptures.

Cathy Feinen Student Sculpture Garden

Students

Rochester City School #23, 170 Barrington Street
Rochester, NY

Animal fantasies cast in bronze

Charlotte Lighthouse

70 Lighthouse Street
Rochester, NY 14612

Children At Play

Sylvia Reid Davis

School of the Arts, Prince Street at University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Children in the Hand of God

Temple Brith Kodesh - Courtyard
Rochester, NY

Bronze hand holding a boy with a Torah and a girl

Chubby

Vincent Massaro

In front of Craft Company #6, on University Avenue
Rochester, NY

A horse and fireman representing the last fire horse in Rochester

City Hall

30 Church Street
Rochester, NY 14614

City Hall, formerly the Federal Building, had been vacant for years when the Times-Union newspaper declared that it was just an old pile of stone, ugly inside and out, beyond redemption and should be demolished. Fortunately it was not and we now have a stunning example of creative reuse,

Civil War Monument

Sallie Farnham

Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY

Bronze monument of a soldier and boy

Clock of Nations

Victor Gruen and Dale Clark

Temporarily located at the Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester, NY

Tall animated musical clock originally at Midtown Plaza

Col. Partick Henry O'Rorke

Visitor's Center, The Center at High Falls
Rochester, NY

Portrait bust

Collecta Cultura

Jill Gussow

Wilson Commons, Student Union, U of R, River Campus
Rochester, NY

Mosaic mural in the student union commons

Collecta-Collectura

Jill Gussow

University of Rochester Student Union
Rochester, NY

Construction105

Jose de Rivera

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

Rotating twisted oval that does not turn any more

Dancers

Peter Macon

10 Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Rochester, NY

Abstract steel dancers

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

99 Court Street
Rochester, NY 14604

Iconic barbecue restaurant in Rochester, NY, with locations in Syracuse, NY (the original) and Harlem, NY as well. The downtown Rochester location, opened in 1998, occupies a building that was formerly the Lehigh Valley Train Station, built in 1905. (from Roc Wiki)

Dragonslayer

Jim Gary

Canal View Office Park, Canal View Boulevard
Rochester, NY

A dinosaur skeleton sculpture

Dream

Corporate Woods Office Park
Rochester, NY

Figure waiting at the door

Eastman Theatre

26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, NY 14604

Performance venue at the Eastman School of Music in downtown Rochester, established by George Eastman and opened on September 4, 1922 (from Wikipedia)

Eclipse

Richard Margolis

Edward Mott Moore

Thomas Hudson Jones

Genesee Valley Park
Rochester, NY

Bronze seated figure looking toward the river

Emergence (two sculptures)

Nancy Jurs

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Ceramic sculpture with vaguely human form

Engineers Have Fun Too

Nancy Gong

In front of Gleason Works, 1000 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Bus shelter

Equilateral Six

Duayne Hatchett

In front of the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building, State Street
Rochester, NY

Twisted square

Every Wall Falls Eventually

Winter Garden, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY

A segment of the Berlin Wall, covered with graffiti

Family Tree

Eddie Davis

Lamberton Conservatory, in Highland Park
Rochester, NY

Bronze narrative sculpture

Ferry Terminal Paintings

Nicholas Agnello

Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY

3 paintings representing historic scenes

Fireman's Monument

H.S. Hebard

Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY

A uniformed figure atop a pedestal overlooking the fireman's section

Firemen

Joseph P. Flynn

Rochester Fire Station, 414 Andrews Street
Rochester, NY

Relief sculptures of stylized firemen flanking the entrance

First Universalist Church

150 S Clinton Ave
Rochester, NY 14604

Historic Universalist church in downtown Rochester that began construction on September 15, 1907, and was completed in October 1908. Designed by Rochester architect Claude Bragdon, who drew upon Gothic and Romanesque Revival styles. (from Wikipedia)

Flatiron Building

697-712 University Ave
Rochester, NY 14607

Built in various stages from 1888 to 1890, the Flatiron Building (or Flat Iron Building) in Rochester's Neighborhood of the Arts has a triangular shape that narrows from 100 feet to about 12 feet wide, on a wedge-shaped lot between Atlantic Avenue and University Avenue. It was originally a boarding house; through time, it has transformed into a collection of upscale lofts and apartments and…

Fox Sisters Monument

Troup Street near Plymouth
Rochester, NY

Monument to birth of spiritualism

Fred & Ginger

Arch Miller

Main Street at Scio
Rochester, NY

Pair of dancing shapes

Frederick Douglass

Sidney Wells Edwards

Highland Park, Resevoir at South Avenue
Rochester, NY

Bronze figure

Frederick Douglass Mural

K. Fitch

On a traffic signal control box at the intersection of Main, West and Chili Avenues
Rochester, NY

Portrait of Frederick Douglass

Gannett Building Relief

Gannett Building at the corner of Broad and Exchange Streets
Rochester, NY

Bas-relief panel with classical figures

Genesee Passage

Albert Paley

Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY

Soaring formed and fabricated steel tower

Gentle Woman

Leonard Urso

13 Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Rochester, NY

Raised copper figure

George Eastman Memorial

Leo Friedlander

Kodak Park, 1700 Lake Avenue, near Ridge Road
Rochester, NY

Marble pillar with 2 figures

George Elwanger Tomb

Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti

Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY

George Elwaner's tomb in M.t Hope Cemetery

Geva Theatre Center

75 Woodbury Blvd
Rochester, NY 14607

Geva Theatre Center is a regional professional theater company in Rochester, NY. Originally built in 1868 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building was formerly the Naval-Armory Convention Hall. Its use as a theater began in 1985, with extensive period of redesign and renovation, and a second stage was added in 1990. (from Wikipedia)

Goethe

William Ehrich

Highland Park, Reservoir at South Avenue
Rochester, NY

Stylized head on a base

Graffiti Mural Project

Tim Piper

Village Gate, 274 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY

Mural above new entrance

Growth of Man

Joe Hendrick

Virgil I. Grissom School #7, 31 Bryan Street at Dewey Avenue
Rochester, NY

Carved panels with symbols on the facade

Henry Lomb Memorial

Walter H. Cassebeer

Upper Falls Blvd. at St. Paul Street
Rochester, NY

An art deco obelisk

Highland Park Diner

960 S. Clinton Ave
Rochester, NY 14620

'40s era boxcar diner

Historical Charlotte

John Kastner

Charlotte Library, 3615 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY

Mural representing Charlotte's history

House of Guitars

645 Titus Ave
Rochester, NY 14617

Iconic music store in Irondequoit, a suburb of Rochester, selling new and vintage guitars and percussion instruments, with the slogan of "Rising Young Stars of Earth"

Howdeee

Bill Stewart

Visitor's Center, Erie Canal
Brockport, NY

Steel sculpture welcoming travellers

Hoyt Potter House

133 South Fitzhugh St.
Rochester, NY

Greek revival mansion in Rochester's Corn Hill neighborhood, built circa 1840, saved from demolition, and rehabilitated as the headquarters of the Landmark Society of Western New York (from the Landmark Society of Rochester New York)

In Memory of Lives Lost

Lucien Casartelli

Clinton Square Courtyard, 206 East Broad Street
Rochester, NY

The monument consists of a stepped black granite base supporting two bronze towers topped by a waving American flag

In Seneca Park

Richard Margolis

In Seneca Park 2

Richard Margolis

Industry, Geography, Astronomy and Navigation

University of Rochester, near Meliora Hall
Rochester, NY

Four marble figures surrounded by evergreens

Ivory Soap Sign

John Deats and Christine Muratore

Bittersweet Building, 41 N. Main Street
Brockport, NY

Perhaps the last original Ivory Soap sign

Jine's Restaurant

658 Park Ave
Rochester, NY 14607

Jine's Restaurant is a friendly Greek diner with sidewalk seating that offers all-day breakfast and Sunday brunch. Located in the Park Avenue area of Rochester, this restaurant was opened by George Gines, a Rochesterian who emigrated from Greece at 21 years old and entered the food business by working for his uncles at Critics Ice Cream. (from Jines)

Josephine Baker Bench

Paul Knoblauch

Corner of Gibbs and University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Fanciful bench with teak seat with abstract metal curlicues

Joy and Happiness to All Children of the World

Zarub Tsereteli

Next to the Drake Memorial Library, New Campus Drive, SUNY-Brockport,
Brockport, NY

Multi-part sculpture in landscaped setting

Katsura

Richard Margolis

Highland Park
NY

Labor Lyceum Sculptures

580 St. Paul Street
Rochester, NY

Three carved stone fugures

Lady Rochester

Nancy Jurs

Linden Oaks Office Park, 400 Linden Oaks
Rochester, NY

Ceramic sculpture

Laura D. Knapp Monument

Stonecarvers Collaborative

Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY

Elaborately carved stone marker

Legal Wall Graffiti

Behind 200 Anderson Avenue, in the Neighborhood of the Arts
Rochester, NY

An impressive display of very creative and energetic graffiti applied to backs of buildings

Les Racines et les Raisons

Jennifer Hecker

Remembrance Park, at Park and High Streets
Rochester, NY

A steel sculpture representing a bed incorporating images depicting Brockport's history.

Let Me Be Your Shelter

John & Laurie Grieco

822 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Bus shelter

Let's Have Tea

Pepsy M. Kettavong

Susan B. Anthony Square between Madison and King Streets
Rochester, NY

Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass sharing a pot of tea

Liberty Pole

James Johnson

Liberty Pole Plaza, at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets
Rochester, NY

A modern interpretation of a traditional liberty pole

Little Theatre

240 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604

Architect: Edgar Phillips Built in 1928, an Art Deco style movie theater that specializes in independent and foreign films

Lunar Eclipse

Wendell Castle

Rochester International Airport (Storage), 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester, NY

Clock on top of a misaligned segmented column

Main Street Bridge Railings

Albert Paley

Main Street Bridge across the Genesee River, Downtown
Rochester, NY

10 elaborate railing segments

Maplewood Arch

Dejan Pejovic

Lake Avenue at Ridge Road
Rochester, NY

3 steel arches joined at the peak, connected by cables

Mask

Bill Stewart

Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Rochester, NY

Glazed terra cotta mask peering down from a wall

Massaro Sculpture Garden

Vincent Massaro

The intersection of Canterbury Road and Harvard Street
Rochester, NY

Landscaped yard with fabricated elements, vines, tree debris, and anonymous donations

Memorial Art Gallery

Founded in 1913, the Memorial Art Gallery holds more than 12,000 works of art. The permanent collection represents cultures from around the world and across millenia, and is renowned for its breadth and its quality. (from MAG website)

Merchants Road Mural

Rick Muto

The intersection of Merchants and Culver Roads
Rochester, NY

An active neighborhood scene painted on the side of a building

Mercury

J. Guernsey Mitchell

Aquaduct Street, Between Main and Broad Streets
Rochester, NY

Messenger on top of the Aquaduct Building

Messenger

Corporate Woods Office Park
Rochester, NY

Bronze figurative sculpture

Metamorphosis

Wendell Castle

Winter Garden, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY

Lighted wall relief

Millennium Bench

Albert Paley

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Sculptural bench intended to impress rather than comfort

Monroe Gateway

Guy Chiazza

The corner of Monroe Avenue and Laburnam Crescent
Rochester, NY

A "Gateway" sculpture that includes objects found in the neighborhood by by children

Monroe Theater

585 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY 14607

Moribus Strip

Jose De Rivera

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

Revolving figure 8

Morrie Silver

Dejan Pejovic

North Plymouth Avenue at Morrie Silver Way on Platt Street
Rochester, NY

Bronze sculpture of Morrie Silver with his arm around a kid with a bat & glove

Mosaic Light Poles

Betsy Weber

Along ARTWalk, mostly on University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Standard city light poles tricked out with mosaic tile work by Betsy Weber and other artists

Mountain Piece

Hilda Morris

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Shrouded figures, dancing

Nathanial Rochester

Pepsy M. Kettavong

The corner of Alexander and South Avenues, in the South Wedge
Rochester, NY

The founder of Rochester, seated on a millstone in a pocket park

National Champion Red Oak

Richard Margolis

Nick Tahou Hots

320 W Main Street
Rochester, NY 14608

Rochester restaurant founded in 1918 and originator of the trademarked Garbage Plate, an iconic local dish. (from Wikipedia)

Oak

Richard Margolis

Seneca Park
NY

Old Willow

Richard Margolis

Cobb's Hill Park
NY

Omega ii

Beverly Pepper

Canal View Office Park, Canal View Boulevard
Rochester, NY

Basic geometric forms that change their relationship as you view them from different angles

Oracle

Corporate Woods Office Park
Rochester, NY

One of 7 pieces at Corporate Woods.

Orpheus

Corporate Woods Office Park
Rochester, NY

One of 7 pieces at Corporate Woods.

Passenger Pigeon

Todd McGrain

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Bronze bird near the ARTWalk Bus Shelter

Path

Richard Margolis

Seneca Park
NY

Penguins

Blanca Will

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

3 Bronze penguins

Pharaoh

Leonard Urso

Eastman Place, Gibbs at Main Street
Rochester, NY

A tall, elegant, slightly ominous figure standing among the trees

Planter and Bench

Paul Knoblauch

80 Cascade Drive
Rochester, NY

A fanciful bench and planter

Playground

Tony Smith

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Open steel cube that invites small people to climb on or crawl through.

Playground Bench

Paul Knoblauch

Meriman Street at University Avenue, in the Neighborhood of the Arts
Rochester, NY

A whimsical bench by an artist who works in The Neighborhood of the Arts

Poet's Garden

Highland Park, opposite the Lamberton Conservatory
Rochester, NY

Benches inscribed with poetry along a wooded path

Present Passage

Larry Kirkland

Lobby, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY

An armillary suspended above a map of the world etched into the floor

Pride Symbols

Christine Knoblauch

Corner of Atlantic and Beacon Street
Rochester, NY

Several fabricated steel symbols

Prometheus

Zarub Tsereteli

In front of the SUNY Brockport Administration Building, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY
Rochester, NY

A heroic - though tilting - figure reaching for a starburst

Prophets

Leonard Urso

On the balcony, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY

Five elegantly slender figures

RCSB Mosaic

Citizens Bank, 40 Franklin Street
Rochester, NY

Mosaic tile

Red Oak

Richard Margolis

Refuge

Richard Margolis

Rochester Landmarks

Richard Margolis

Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester, NY

Big B&W photographs of Rochester landmarks

Rochester Project

Richard Fleischner

Charles Carroll Plaza, Andrews Street at the Genesee River
Rochester, NY

6 part site-specific Installation in a riverside park

Rochester Public Market

280 N. Union St.
Rochester, NY 14609

Rundell library Relief

Ulysses Ricci

Rochester Public Library, 115 South Avenue
Rochester, NY

Stone bas-relief on 2 separate panels

Sacred Heart Cathedral

296 Flower City Park
Rochester, NY 14615

Catholic cathedral, Mother Church of the Diocese of Rochester, with the original parish founded in 1911, cornerstone laid in 1925, and church completed in 1927 (from Wikipedia)

Sailboats

Peter Macon

Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY

Steel sculpture along the river walk.

Schiller Monument

Carl August Heber

Schiller Park - Andrews Street at Franklin Street
Rochester, NY

A glowering bronze bust

School of Fish

Paul Knoblauch

Rochester Ferry Terminal, 4791 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY

Fabricated steel fish and a weather vane

Seat of Forgetting and Remembering

Adriana Ippel Slutzky

Along the trail above Lower Falls, behind the YMCA
Rochester, NY

Four columns covered with over 600 impressions of faces and hands

Seneca Park Zoo

2222 St. Paul Street
Rochester, NY 14621

Zoo in Rochester with 15.5 acres, home to over 90 species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, and arachnids. Opened in 1894 in Seneca Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. (from Wikipedia)

Sentinel

Albert Paley

Administration Circle, Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

A towering display of Paley's superb skill

Seventh Spirit

Unknown, stolen from 164 Gibbs Street, in Grove Place
Rochester, NY

A small bronze angel

Six Cubes

William Sellers

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Carefully balanced arrangement of polished cubes

Skystone 6

Glenn Zweygardt

In front of the SUNY Brockport Fine Art Building on Holly Street, Brockport
Brockport, NY

A polished stone elevated to emphasize its importance

Soldiers & Sailors Monument

Leonard W. Volk

Washington Square Park, Clinton Avenue at Woodbury Boulevard
Rochester, NY

President Lincoln on a column above 4 figures

Sound/Play Sculptures

Bill & Mary Buchen

Manhattan Square Park, Chestnut Street at Woodbury Boulevard
Rochester, NY

A playground featuring big ears, eyes, a gong, slapped pipes, twist, wind reeds and parabolic benches

Split Cube

Carl Zollo

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

Mirror finish pair of cubes

St. Joseph's Park

118 Pleasant St
Rochester, NY 14604

Station 55

55 Railroad St
Rochester, NY 14609

Station 55, vacant for years, had been purchased and then suffered a devastating fire and was an obvious candidate for demolition. Despite that Costanza Enterprises proceeded to turn the burned out hulk into a stunning landmark that now has a waiting list for occupancy.

Stone-Tolan House

2370 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14610

The oldest building in Monroe County, this historic home, farm, and tavern located in Brighton is now a museum preserved by the Landmark Society, showcasing the pioneer lives of Orringh and Elizabeth Stone. (from Landmark Society of Western New York)

Sugar Maple

Richard Margolis

East Ave
NY

Sugar Maple

Richard Margolis

Genesee Valley Park
NY

Sundial

Alistair Bevikngton

In the Residence Quad, Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

A modern sundial, designed by an architect

The Council

Bill Stewart

Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester, NY

Ceramic animal-like figures in a pool

The Elders

Bill Stewart

Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Rochester, NY

A pair of ceramic sculptures

The Five Sisters

Mary Taylor

Winter Garden, Bausch & Lomb, One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY

Realistic flock of geese suspended 40? feet overhead

The Monument

Peter McGrain

Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester, NY

A huge dichroic glass window that dominates the center of the observation area

Thought

Corporate Woods Office Park
Rochester, NY

Figurative sculpture, waiting outside the entrance

Three Forms

Roy Gussow

Xerox Building, 1 Xerox Square
Rochester, NY

Interlocking triangular forms on a marble base

Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1

Henry Moore

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

Bronze segments that resemble vertebrae

Threshold

Albert Paley

At Klein Steel Corporation , 105 Vanguard Parkway
Rochester, NY

An abstract steel sculpture that looks like a giant erector set fantasy

Threshold of the Dawn

David Stephanus

100 North Chestnut Street
Rochester, NY

A grove of twisted tree-like shapes

Tiffany Windows

Tiffany Studio

Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 North Fitzhugh Street
Rochester, NY

A series of Tiffany windows

Times Square Building

Tojo Memorial Garden

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

Trickle fountain, garden pond and stone lanterns

Torture Tree

Richard Margolis

Cuylerville
NY

Totem Pole

Walter Harris & Art Sterrit

Present location is unknown
Rochester, NY

A traditional Indian totem pole, carved on site

Treaty Oak

Richard Margolis

Nazareth
NY

Triad

Nancy Jurs

In storage at the Rochester International Airport, 1200 Brooks Avenue
Rochester, NY

Site-specific ceramic sculpture

Tribute to City Government

John & Bill Kastner

Rochester City Hall, 30 Church Street
Rochester, NY

Painted mural representing the ideals of local government

Tribute to Man

Kerro Bruegging

Howard Hanson Plaza in Manhattan Square Park Chestnut Street at Court Street
Rochester, NY

A walkway and observation tower suspended over a sunken fountain area with a concert stage

Trust and Security

Jesse Corbin

Times Square Building, 45 Exchange Boulevard
Rochester, NY

Bas-relief sculpture

Twist

Wendell Castle

Between the Sister Cities Pedestrian Bridge and Mortimer Street
Rochester, NY

Pretzel-shaped red plastic sculpture

Two Lines Up Eccentric Twelve Feet

George Rickey

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Kinetic sculpture that responds to the slightest breeze

U of R Untitled

Arch Miller

Joseph Wilson Drive, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Geologic forms protruding from the earth, at the entrance of the studio art building

Untitled (Bench)

Paul Knoblauch

Seldon Street, in Grove Place
Rochester, NY

One of Knoblauch's fun art benches

Untitled (Sculpture)

Albert Paley

The Strong Museum, Woodbury Boulevard
Rochester, NY

Fabricated corten steel

Untitled (Sculpture)

Francesco Somaini

Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue
Rochester, NY

Projectile, aimed toward the sky

Untitled Ceramic Mural

Kurt Feuerherm, James and Phil Secrest

Formerly on the balcony, Midtown Plaza, Main Street. (Removed, wiating for a new location)
Rochester, NY

Multi-panel ceramic mural

Vertical Ventaglio

Beverly Pepper

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Animated falling squares suggesting motion or a sequence

Vietnam War Memorial

Wayne Williams

Highland Park
Rochester, NY 14607

Soldier marching into a granite slab, set in a memorial garden

Wall Relief

Tom Markusen

Red Cross, 75 College Avenue
Rochester, NY

Wall mounted relief sculpture

Wallana

Deborah Butterfield

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

A larger than life horse that looks like it's made of twisted branches

War Memorial Eagle

Carl Paul Jennewein

War Memorial Plaza, near Court Street
Rochester, NY

Eagle breaking chains that are falling away

Water Spirits

Mark & Diane Weisbeck

Exchange Boulevard at Plymouth Avenue
Rochester, NY

Planned to be a "gateway" marking the entrance to Corn Hill Landing

Weary Pilgrim

Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti

Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY

Aaron Erickson's tomb by Nicola Cantalamessa-Papotti

Webster Street Garden

David Merkel

The corner of Webster and Goodman Streets
Rochester, NY

A triangular urban oasis with paths, benches, flowers and landscaping, transformed from a littered empty lot in a transitional neighborhood

Welcome to Brockport

Helen Smagorinsky

Main Street South. at the RR overpass
Brockport, NY

A former commercial billboard transformed into a public art project

White Oak

Richard Margolis

Genesee Valley Park
NY

White Oak

Richard Margolis

Willow at Olmsted Bridge

Richard Margolis

Genesee Valley Park
NY

Wings of Progress

Ralph T. Walker

Times Square Building, Broad and Exchange Streets
Rochester, NY

Art deco wings at the peak of the building

Woman with Curlers

Albert Leon Wilson

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

Folded steel sketch of woman with flowing hair

Workman Poet

Corporate Woods Office Park
Rochester, NY

Bronze figurative sculpture

Writers & Books

740 University Ave
Rochester, NY 14607

Writers & Books is a literary center in Rochester dedicated to fostering and promoting reading and writing as lifelong activities. They attract individuals of all ages and backgrounds and offer numerous programs, such as writing classes and workshops, outreach programs, and "Rochester Reads," an annual city-wide program. They began as a mobile bookstore called "The Book Bus" in 1974, traveling…